Zhao Ran did not directly answer Zhang Laodao's question, but instead asked a question: "Master Da Zhen, when will you ascend?"
"Don't you know? It's almost over!"
"Soon? How soon? Next month? Next year? Or the year after tomorrow? Da Zhenren, you and Patriarch Longyang have both lived for more than two hundred years. For you, a few years are just a blink of an eye, but for you
For a little Taoist like me, the difference is huge."
"You brat, what do you mean?"
"I just want to ask, when will Da Zhenren fly? If there are still a few years, then I will turn around and leave without saying anything. If Da Zhenren doesn't have a few months to look forward to..."
"You brat! That's nonsense!"
"Well... I mean if the great master ascends to the throne in a few months, then I have no hope. I can only hope to get some benefits from the great master as soon as possible so as to be prepared to avoid disaster in the future."
Zhang Laodao was stunned and said: "What do you mean to avoid disaster?"
"Great Master, you took me to the capital with you. You also took me to the True Master Hall and met all the true masters. When I left the capital, you took me flying here and there again.
Go, and finally flew to Hengduan Mountain, which almost killed me! It seems that not many people know about this, but how can there be a secret that can really be kept? In the eyes of others, I can be regarded as a die-hard Da Zhenren.
Right? Does it count?"
"Isn't this good? Are you still not happy?"
"Da Zhenren, of course I am happy to be counted as your loyal supporter, but have you ever offended anyone over the years? In other words, has anyone been dissatisfied with you?"
"this……"
"You don't have to guess, there must be. When you were here, people didn't dare to disobey you, and they even treated you with respect and flattery. This is normal. But what about after you go to heaven? Those who hate you
, those who are dissatisfied with you, those who are envious of you, and those who are jealous, are they all targeting us die-hards?"
Zhang Laodao looked at Zhao Ran blankly and stopped talking.
So Zhao Ran spread his hands: "So let me ask, when will you, old man, ascend? It's better for us unfortunate die-hards to prepare in advance so as not to be caught off guard."
Zhang Laodao was silent for a moment and said: "It's May now. Chu Yangcheng's double cultivation ceremony will be held within this month and he will leave in early July."
Zhao Ran suddenly felt sad and said: "Master, fortunately I came to ask you, you always kept it hidden, but in the end you left in such a hurry, with less than two months left, you asked us
what to do?"
Zhang Laodao pointed at Long Yangzi and said, "You and Patriarch Long Yang are here, what are you afraid of?"
Zhao Ran bowed to Long Yangzi and said, "Then please pay more attention to me, Patriarch."
Long Yangzi stroked his beard and chuckled: "Are you still worried?"
Zhao Ran nodded: "I'm still worried. Although Patriarch Longyang said that the tree is so tall, I'm afraid that it won't be able to support a single tree. What's more, the Patriarch has been practicing on Yunxiantai all year round. After all, he is far away from the fireworks of the world like us, so I'm afraid that it will be too late by then.
"
Zhang Laodao asked: "After talking for so long and going in such a big circle, what do you really want?"
Zhao Ran said: "Anything will do, anything that can protect my school will do."
"for example?"
"I want to be promoted. I am now the abbot of Wujiyuan in Guyang County. I want to be the abbot of West Zhenwu Palace in Long'an Prefecture."
Zhang Laodao suddenly became angry: "Look at your potential! Do you think it's appropriate for you to ask me to do this? You can afford to embarrass this person, but I can't afford to embarrass you!"
"Hmm... Is it embarrassing to be the abbot of Xizhenwu Palace? How about abbot Xuanyuan Guan? This position happens to be vacant."
"You'd better change to another one. If you are older, I really want you to be the abbot of Xuanyuan Temple. As soon as I leave, I'm afraid you will be taken down immediately!"
"Then...is there any way to help my teacher upgrade from the master refiner level to a great master refiner as soon as possible?"
Zhang Laodao and Long Yangzi looked at each other with helplessness and said: "This can't be done."
Zhao Ran asked: "Didn't you plan to help me break the golden elixir when you gave me trouble in Daqingshan? Just do it like this!"
"Why do we just do it like this? Do you know how much work we have put in? Even so, haven't you achieved the golden elixir? As for the refiner, that is not something that can be done like this! This is absolutely impossible!"
Zhao Ran said again: "Then give my teacher a few more magic weapons. Although my teacher's swordsmanship is superb, his level is a little low after all. I'm afraid it's not enough to protect myself. Da Zhenren, do you think you can give me a few good things, such as
Ninth-level magic talisman or something, if something unexpected happens, my teacher can take a few of us to hide with Patriarch Longyang."
"Ninth level magic talisman? I don't even have it, what are you thinking!"
"Da Zhenren, I remember that there was a guy named Duanmu Chunming. When he went to Xixia, he casually threw a ninth-level magic talisman in Xingqing Mansion. You old man didn't get even half a piece?"
Zhang Laodao was so angry that he blew his beard and said: "No, change it!"
Zhao Ran sighed, thought for a while and said: "I won't give you this, and I won't give you that, so what should I give?"
"None of the ones you mentioned are good, so hurry up and change them. I will definitely give you what I can."
"Okay, Da Zhenren, this is what you said."
"That's what I said!"
"I want to clean up the temple cave!"
Zhang Laodao was stunned for a moment, while Long Yangzi was stroking his hands and laughing.
Zhang Laodao glared at Long Yangzi and said to Zhao Ran: "How can this be done? I want to hand over such a big place to the True Master Hall. This is a new place for my Taoist sect..."
Zhao Ran was very dissatisfied: "Dazhenren, what did your old man say at that time? Ah? Your old man personally told Chu Tianshi that he would give him the Cave of Shujing Temple and let him start a sect. Is this what you said?
How come you have to hand it over to the True Master Hall after you get to me?"
After saying that, Zhao Ran said to Long Yangzi again: "Master Longyang, please come and judge, are you cheating?"
Long Yangzi laughed loudly, but looked at Zhang Laodao without saying anything.
Zhang Laodao frowned: "You can change it to another one."
Zhao Ran flatly refused: "No! This is my last hope to preserve the Louguan lineage after much thought. Da Zhenren, when you were in the Zhenshi Hall that day, you also saw that Chen Tianshi and Guo Zhenren,
They are very dissatisfied with me. With these two people watching from behind, how do you expect me to deal with myself in the future? They want to rectify my Lou Guan faction, but I'm afraid it's just a matter of words? In short, as soon as you ascend to heaven, great master, we
As soon as Lou Guan opens the door, he must run away as soon as possible and hide in a remote and secluded place to avoid trouble."
"If I really want to deal with you, can you just go to Shujing Temple and do it right?"
"When we go to Shujing Temple, even if my Lou Guan lineage has re-established a sect, Song Fan's faith is self-contained and his training resources are not restricted by others. How can he punish us? Unless he comes blatantly to kill us!
"
"But that's a borderland. Just the masters and disciples of your Louguan sect, one alchemist, two mages, and two Huang Guan. Can you hold it together? Can you defend it?"
Zhao Ran smiled and suddenly said to Long Yangzi: "Master Longyang, I heard that the master has been sending his residence to the Yuhuang Pavilion for Qing cultivation, but the disciple is not polite, there are too many people here, how much can be given to the master?
I wonder if our ancestor is so elegant that he will follow my Lou Guan lineage to Hongyuan? I, Lou Guan, will definitely try our best to prevent our ancestor from being wronged in the slightest!"